Arts & Entertainment

Best AM Radio Personality St. Louis 2007 - Davie Lee

Readers' Choice: Frank O. Pinion

Davie Lee has such a leathery, down-home delivery you swear you're listening to the Cracker Barrel pitchman. But more than a sultry voice, Lee is a living icon who got his start spinning records as a Dallas teenager in the 1950s. Like such luminary DJs as Gary Perkins, Wolfman Jack and Bill Randle, Lee knows something today's jocks just can't grasp: A great radio host always plays second fiddle to the music. Each weekday morning Lee serves up generous helpings of classic country hits from the '60s and '70s. Between songs the Rockabilly and St. Louis Radio Hall of Famer peppers the tunes with his wistful tales of yesteryear, then signs off by telling listeners to "Sleep warm." Sure, it's homespun. But like biscuits and gravy, Davie Lee keeps us coming back each and every morning.

Hello DavieNice to hear you on wil AM radio 1430, I remeber when youwrote the album cover for Nashville Enterprise with Larry and Bobby Rollins and Vonna Faye.Have you heard David Church on RFD-TV he does a great tribute to Hank Williams ,and has a new new cd just out called the SOFTER SIDE OF BLUE ,if you like i can get one sent to you. Thanks a lotGeorge Kirk

I can only listen to Davie online now, since I'm a long way from St. Louis..............but have to say........he is THE BEST OF THE BEST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! For so long I missed listening to that Texas drawl, and now, thanks to the internet, I don't have to anymore.Congratulations Davie!!! You DESERVE it!!!!!!!~~HUGS~~~~ and "Sleep Warm" Look forward to hearing you on the radio when I come to St. Louis in a couple weeks!!!